As New Hampshire Considers Cannabis Legalization, Economic Justice Fades From View
It was 2011 when Devin Alexander was arrested for possessing marijuana. He was a senior in high school, and almost instantly his plans to join the U.S. Air Force went up in smoke.
More than a decade later, three letters precede Alexander’s name: CEO, of a cannabis delivery company based in Newton, Massachusetts. He was a graduate of the state’s first Social Equity Program cohort, intended to create pathways for those most impacted by the War on Drugs to launch careers in the very same, now-legal industry.
Across the border in New Hampshire, there are countless individuals like Alexander – people whose lives have been interrupted and their plans thwarted by a drug that 23 states have since legalized.
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